Baldur's Gate 3 reveals races and classes ahead of next week's early access launch

In the run-up to its early access launch next week, developer Larian has been on a Baldur’s Gate 3 info-splurge, this time detailing the various races, sub-races, and classes available to those signing up to role-play their way through the first of three acts on 6th October.

Initially, players will be able to select from 16 races and sub-races when creating characters – variations of humans, githyanki, elves, drow, half-elves, dwarves, halflings, and tieflings – before assigning them one of six classes, further divided into sub-classes.

Humans, the most populace race in Faerûn, are said to be tenacious and creative “with an endless capacity for growth”, making them particularly suited to adventuring, while the githyanki are described as “peerless warriors from the Astral Plane” seeking the total destruction of the mind flayers.

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Races from this point on all have at least two subdivisions, with elves, for instance, taking the form of either high elf or wood elf. The former “value magic in all its forms” and can manipulate the Weave, while wood elves can take advantage of their extensive training in archery and camouflage, bolstered by “an otherworldly swiftness”.